Maker & Collector GuideThis week's official Tapers' Section moves through 1977, 1978, and 1986

Dead.net's weekly Tapers' Section spotlights a major second-set run from Springfield on April 23, 1977, first-set material from Pittsburgh on April 18, 1978, and the first set from Berkeley on April 21, 1986.

Rather than reposting the official write-up, our radio page links the source and loads the three authorized streams directly from Dead.net when a listener presses play.

The sequence is a useful reminder that the archive is not one frozen golden year. The same songbook keeps changing shape as rooms, equipment, lineups, and instincts shift.